Recent content by Arcnor

Before I start, I'd just like to say that I am never rolling my own PC again. Ever. This has been pure hell. Okay, so a few days after I finished my PC, everything seems to be working okay, but I started having a weird display error when quitting out of a Steam game back to the Windows...

Hi everybody. Okay, I've posted this in a couple other places, but I think I've narrowed the problem to software. Basically, about 50% of the time, when I quit out of a game and am about to quit out of Steam, my PC freezes. Not a BSOD, just a solid colour screen. Locked right up -- only...

Hi. Okay, not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but I could use some advice. I recently completed my gaming build -- specs are in my sig -- and it seems to run fine. A mild overclock on the CPU, but nothing ridiculous. GPU running at dead stock -- didn't touch it at all...

Hi everyone. I just finished putting together my first PC. Hey presto, it works! Woo! But now I'm trying to dip my toe into overclocking, and I've hit a brick wall. I've tried following Mr. Logan's guide, but no matter what I do, every time I launch OCCT, it ends in BSOD. The one run I...

Edit: Never mind -- I'll post in the CPU thread like I ought to have in the first place. Too worried to know what I'm doing here...

Hi from Canada everybody. Brand new to the forums, and to PC building in general -- I've tap danced around the edges of the scene for a while, but haven't had the resources or time to put together my own rig. Well, due to a number of reasons I'm now just putting together the finishing budget...